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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $2.5 Million Purchase
Order Amendment for NATO Force Tracking System
MELVILLE, N.Y., Feb 06, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary,
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received a purchase order
amendment totaling $2.5 million to its ongoing NATO Afghanistan
Force Tracking System (NATO AFTS) subcontract with Globecomm Systems
Inc. Orders received by Comtech under the NATO AFTS subcontract
total $4.4 Million.
Under the terms of the amended order, CMDC will develop and
deliver an interoperability extension to the Force Tracking System
member of its family of geoOpsTM software products. The new feature
set will support bi-directional blue force track data exchange
between AFTS and participating NATO Nation Force Tracking Systems
(FTS). This additional AFTS capability will give the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) ground forces near real-time
heads-up map visibility of all friendly forces operating within
the Afghanistan Theatre.
Using the recently-approved NATO Friendly Force Information
(NFFI) data exchange protocol, different force tracking systems,
such as the U.S. FBCB2 Blue Force Tracker and AFTS will exchange
friendly (blue force) position information and seamlessly display
that information on their individual tactical situational awareness
screens. ISAF soldiers from 37 nations will receive up-to-the-minute
latitude/longitude information for all participating friendly
forces in the region, a feature that significantly enhances each
force's ability to avoid "friendly fire" or "blue-on-blue" engagements.
This integrated toolset will provide critical enhancements to
command and control, battlefield situational awareness and the
"synchronization of forces," a key element in all coalition operations.
The initial work on this effort is expected to conclude in April
2007, with the final delivery of a full Joint Variable Message
Format (JVMF) interface capability expected in the fall of 2007.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "We are extremely pleased to receive
this order, expanding the capabilities and use of our geoOpsTM
software products within the NATO force structure."
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, a Germantown, Maryland-based
company, is engaged in the provision of satellite-enhanced packet
data communication systems and location and messaging services.
To learn more about Comtech Mobile Datacom, please visit the company's
website at www.comtechmobile.com.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces
and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced
communications solutions. The Company believes many of its solutions
play a vital role in providing or enhancing communication capabilities
when terrestrial communications infrastructure is unavailable
or ineffective. The Company conducts business through three complementary
segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile data communications
and RF microwave amplifiers. The Company sells products to a diverse
customer base in the global commercial and government communications
markets. The Company believes it is a market leader in the market
segments that it serves.
Certain information in this press release contains statements
that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant
risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially
from such forward-looking information. The Company's Securities
and Exchange Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties.
Any forward-looking information in this press release is qualified
in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties described in such
Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
PCMTL
SOURCE: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Media
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Robert G. Rouse
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
or
Jerome Kapelus
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
631-962-7000
Info@comtechtel.com
Copyright Business Wire 2007
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